Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
द्यां त्वमालिख्य इत्येव प्रोक्त्वा मंत्रं च याजुषम् प्राक्षिपच्छांतिकं तोयं तस्य मूर्धनि सत्वरम्
dyāṃ tvamālikhya ityeva proktvā maṃtraṃ ca yājuṣam prākṣipacchāṃtikaṃ toyaṃ tasya mūrdhani satvaram
“ദ്യാം ത്വമാലിഖ്യ…” എന്നാരംഭിക്കുന്ന യാജുഷ മന്ത്രം ഉച്ചരിച്ച്, അവൻ വേഗത്തിൽ ശാന്തികജലം അവന്റെ തലയിൽ ഒഴിച്ചു।
Narrator (exact named speaker not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The brāhmaṇa utters a Yajurvedic mantra (opening ‘dyāṃ tvam ālikhya…’) and swiftly pours/casts the pacificatory water onto the king’s head, contradicting the king’s order; the moment freezes in astonishment.
FAQs
Sacred speech (mantra) joined with rite (water offering) manifests tangible results, illustrating the Purāṇic view of mantra-śakti.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it highlights mantra-and-water ritual dynamics within a Māhātmya narrative.
Recitation of a Yajurvedic mantra and the immediate application of śāṃtika water upon the head.